We went about it backwards. We skipped the research part and went straight to the action plan, of which several versions were issued. The team action plan contains a lot of tasks and dates that we didn't respect but served the purpose of reassuring us regarding the doability of it all within the given time… Continue reading Filmpro – Ongoing Project II
The project started in October. The client, Filmpro, is a non-profit agency founded in 2001 by Caglar Kimyoncu. They focus on artistic access for disadvantaged artists due to sexuality, gender, age, physical and mental ability. They strive to make the art sector more inclusive. In October, Caglar gave us a call to explain the brief… Continue reading Filmpro – Ongoing Project I
The storybook was put together with the finished text and the completed illustrations. We sent it for approval to the client and feedback was given shortly after. They got back to us in the late afternoon with a list of various points to change by noon the next day. Some requests were too enterprising to… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing Project VII
Izzy took care of the illustration as only one person could do it, Joe of the front and back covers, while Mathilda and I took care of the text. We converted the story into words, either narrative sentences or speech, and wound them on the page. Additionally, I wrote a short explanation text describing the… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing Project VI
The day after pitching our presentations, the client gave us feedback regarding which project they'd chosen. Titled 'The Gift', it is an installation of a bear standing over a bench. The bear is a metal structure covered by thousands of cut milk bottles attached with cable ties. The seat and the plinth on which it… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing Project V
On my last post, I talked about making a visual representation of 'The Star of London', doing this helped me get a better idea of what materials are needed. I moved on to the inventory, listing materials and their potential cost. However, I am no expert, and all numbers are approximations. That part was slightly… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing project IV
At the beginning of October, we pitched our three concepts to two Veolia representatives. Following that, they chose their favourite idea, or an aspect of each of them, and gave us more feedback. This narrowed down our options and, simultaneously, made the project concrete and manageable. In my case, 'The Star of London' was the… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing project III
In my previous blog post, I mentioned that the brief was somewhat modified and made more precise with features like the location and the size revealed. A significant detail concerns the themes covered by the installation: homelessness and shopping. None of our ideas treated of either subject, ergo we had to rework them completely. In… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing project II
Veolia, the UK leader in environmental solutions, approached us with a proposition. Last December, for Christmas, Veolia came together with the sculptor Faith Bebbington to create the Hart of London, an illuminated towering stag made of plastic. The goal of this project was to raise money, 3£ per donation, for free counselling services, night shelters… Continue reading Veolia – Ongoing project I
In January, we were approached by a platform named ScribersHive whose intention is to provide young writers, artists and minorities a platform on which they can post content such as articles, artwork, and photography. What really struck me the first time I visited their website was how strong their message was and how little it… Continue reading ScribersHive
Anaël L. Lesage 